Novel strategies for an eco-friendly fight against
invasive insect pests in the EU
REACT aims to develop long-term environmentally friendly response strategies and novel sustainable tools to protect fruit and vegetable production and export capacities from two invasive insect pests of EU priority, Bactrocera dorsalis and Bactrocera zonata.
Project Duration
REACT is a 48 month project kicked-off in November 2022. Its work will span until October 2026
Project Objective
REACT aims to provide rapid pesticide-free pest control to protect ecosystems and biodiversity in the European Union
Project Partnership
REACT unites 15 partners from 12 countries and 3 continents
Project Funding
REACT receives funding of 6.65 million Euro from the European Union under its Horizon Europe framework
Project Milestones
Milestone 0.1 - Consortium agreement
Milestone 0.2 - Kick-off meeting (KOM)
Milestone 6.1 - Relevance of selected list of parameters for socio-economic analysis for the project developed tools and strategies validated
Milestone 7.1 - Plan for dissemination & exploitation including communication developed
Milestone 4.1 - Initial bioinformatic pipeline for Work Package 4 generation of Genetic Sexing Strains in Ceratitis capitata developed
Milestone 2.1 - Amplicon sequencing pipeline developed and microbial profiles determined
Milestone 1.1 - Sequencing for population diversity and microbiome studies completed
Milestone 2.2 - Acquisition of data for meta-analysis on ecological impacts of Bactrocera dorsalis and Bactrocera zonata conducted
Milestone 3.1 - Metabolomics pipeline and male quality markers in Ceratitis capitata developed
Milestone 4.2 - Y chromosome targgeting develped and evaluated as proof-of-principle in Ceratitis capitata
M5.1 - Emergency-response rearing facility established and productivity assured
Milestone 1.2 - Parameters for population dispersal studies collected
Milestone 1.3 - Parameters for developing simulation models for Bactrocera dorsalis and Bactrocera zonata collected
Milestone 3.2 - Fruitfly interception protocol developed and evaluated
Milestone 5.2 - Area-tailored Ceratitis capitata containment strategy developed and validated
Mileestone 7.2 - Reaching sufficient response and interest for the project (indicator values in Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan)
REACT is one of the projects of the EU's Farm to Fork strategy
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